Celebrating Turf Traditions
The Engine Shed, Stirling Wednesday 5th
September 2018
Turf is the Cinderella of earth building in the UK, long forgotten
and almost vanished, but it was a historically a key construction material
until the 19th century. Recently there has been a surge in recording on
archaeological sites, renewed interest in the skills and diversity of this
tradition, and recognition of its wider bio-regional context.
EBUKI is holding a day of wide-ranging presentations sharing recent
experience of turf building from practitioners in Scotland, Iceland and
Ireland. There will be group discussions
on focused themes to inform
future partnership activities. Join us for a day relevant to heritage
professionals and enthusiasts engaged with vernacular culture. •
Turf Archaeology how can we make sense of what we find
– recent projects in Glenshee and Glen Coe
• Turf Landscapes
what are the bioregional & local patterns – Iceland, Ireland, Lewis and
Longforgan
• Skills Training what do we need,
can a national strategy & European partnerships have a growing role?
• Sharing Knowledge what outreach activities succeed –
The Sheiling Project, Tay Landscape Partnership
• Sheiling
Culture is the last traditional turf sheiling still
out there?
• Sustaining Historic Turf what
repair materials & techniques work – Huntly, St Kilda & Culloden
• The
value of Reconstructions what can we learn by replication –
Newtonmore & the Netherlands
• Contemporary Turf Building
– is a living tradition possible – Scotland and Iceland
DRAFT PROGRAMME
9.30 – 10.00 REGISTRATION & TEA / COFFEE 10.00
– 10.05 Introduction Tom Morton, EBUKI
10.05 - 10.20
Roman Turf Building Ben Russell, University of Edinburgh
10.20 – 10.35 Discovering Iron Age Glenshee David Sneddon,
Northlight Heritage
10.35 – 10.50 Glencoe’s Turf Settlements
Daniel Rhodes, National Trust for Scotland
10.50 – 11.05
Stirlingshire Turf John Harrison, Scottish Vernacular Building
Working Group UNCONFIRMED
11.05 – 11.20 The Urban Turf Buildings
of Longforgan Tom Morton, Tay Landscape Partnership
11.20 – 11.40 Understanding the Cleits on St Kilda Dr. Kevin Grant,
Historic Environment Scotland
11.40 – 12.00 Cuishader – a
Sheiling Settlement Ally Morrison or Tom Morton
12.00 –
12.30 Discussion 12.30 – 13.15 LUNCH
13.15 – 13.30 Reconstructing Turf Houses in the Netherlands Daniel
Postma
13.30 – 13.45 Turf Buildings as a Visitor Attraction
Highland Building Museum? UNCONFIRMED
13.30 – 13.45
Contemplating a Turf Dyke Landscape Bob Clark, Auchindrain Township
13.45 – 14.00 Learning Through Turf: The Sheiling Project Sam
Harrison? UNCONFIRMED
14.00 – 14.05 Building A Turf Lime
Kiln Becky Little
14.05 – 14.20 Contemporary Turf
Walling: The Blair House Joel Franklyn or Tom Morton
14.20 – 14.25 Comrie Croft: A Turf Bunkhouse James Fussell
UNCONFIRMED
14.25 – 14.35 6 Years of Iceland Mobilities
Libby Urquhart, The Archnet
14.35 – 14.45 The European Earth
Training Network Tom Morton or Becky Little 14.45 – 15.15
TEA / COFFEE 15.15 – 15.45 Turf Building In Ireland
– Dr. Fidelma Mullane
15.45 – 16.15 Turf In Iceland –
Bryndís & Guðný Zoëga, Sigríður & Helgi Sigurðardóttir, Skagafjörður
Heritage Museum
16.15 – 16.45 Discussion
Cost - £50 EBUKI is keen to enable wide participation and
bursaries are available on application to
tom@ebuki.co
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